NME (18 September 1993, p. 19) – Ranked No. 14 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums of the '70s. In 2000, NME included "One of These Things First" on a CD titled NME Presents Under the Influence, which included songs by some of most influential musicians and bands in music history.[6]

Entertainment Weekly (12 May 2000, p. 24) – "The exquisiteness of the first album is expanded upon in 'Hazey Jane I', 'Fly' and a genuinely optimistic love song, 'Northern Sky'." – Rating: B+

Mojo (July 2000, p. 99) – "Certainly the most polished of his catalogue....[It] begins to suggest a whole other tableau of unexplored possibilities....God, how damn confident it all sounds. He knew how good he was."

Q (May 2007, p. 135) – "Drake and producer Joe Boyd ratcheted up the production from the singer's debut album for this slick pop-folk set inspired by stoned late-night rambles around London. Hazey Jane II and at the Chime of a City Clock offered more hooks than a pirate convention, but mainstream success proved tellingly elusive."